Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1984–85

The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1984–85 cricket season. They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team; the series was drawn 0–0. The Third Test was cancelled because of the assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.[1]

Indians in Pakistan in 1984-85
 
  India Pakistan
Dates 14 October 1984 – 10 November 1984
Captains Sunil Gavaskar Imran Khan
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs Ravi Shastri (210) Qasim Umar (256)
Most wickets Ravi Shastri (4) Azeem Hafeez (11)

Test matches

1st Test
17–22 October 1984
scorecard
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428/9 d. (158 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 168
Ravi Shastri 3/90 (46 overs)
156 (72.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 48
Azeem Hafeez 6/46 (23 overs)
371/6 (156 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 101
Jalaluddin 2/61 (24 overs)
Match drawn
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Khizer Hayat, Shakoor Rana
Player of the match: Azeem Hafeez
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test
24–29 October 1984
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500 (163 overs)
Ravi Shastri 139
Abdul Qadir 4/104 (38 overs)
674/6 (224.5 overs)
Qasim Umar 210
Anshuman Gaekwad 1/75 (27 overs)
Match drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Amanullah Khan, Mahboob Shah
Player of the match: Qasim Umar
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test
4–9 November 1984
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Match cancelled
National Stadium, Karachi
  • No Toss
  • Test was cancelled because of assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Pakistan won the Wills Series 1-0 by winning the first match. The second match was abandoned following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the third cancelled when the tour was called off.[2]

1st ODI
12 October 1984
Scorecard
Pakistan 
199/7 (40 overs)
v
 India
153 (37.1 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 55 (56)
Kapil Dev 3/36 (8 overs)
SC Khanna 31 (37)
Manzoor Elahi 2/18 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 46 runs
Ayub National Stadium, Quetta
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Khizer Hayat
Player of the match: Manzoor Elahi (PAK)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Manzoor Elahi (PAK) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI
31 October 1984
Scorecard
India 
210/3 (40 overs)
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DB Vengsarkar 94* (102)
Mudassar Nazar 2/27 (8 overs)
No result
Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Shakoor Rana
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sajid Ali (PAK) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI
2 November 1984
Scorecard
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Match cancelled
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
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References
  1. Lynch, Steven (27 October 2014). "ESPNcricinfo XI: Tours that ended prematurely or never happened". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. Woodcock, John, ed. (1986). "The Indians in Pakistan, 1984-85". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1986. ISBN 9780947766054.
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